The Midnight Hour

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Summary: Twist on a Twist
Review: This was my first Karen Robards novel and I was pleasantly surprised. I found her characters amusing and real. It was a mystery with a bit of romance, which I prefer to a romance with a bit of mystery. I also appreciate that her characters are not perfect and they are not gorgeous, which is the down fall of the romance genre. It is refreshing to read about someone who is normal. Kudos to Karen for keeping me guessing through to the end. I had no idea who was who until the very last chapter and that is much more fun the the normal, every-day, completely predictable fluff that you find in most romance novels.

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Summary: A bit disappointing
Review: Unlike some other people that were dissapointed in this book, I found it extremely entertaining. I was very happy that Grace and Tony didn't fall in love within the first few chapters. I was really surprised at the ending, where the other books of Ms. Robards were VERY predictable. I really enjoyed seeing the relationship with Grace and Jessica as well as Tony and Jessica. I would definitley recommend this book to a friend!

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Unlike some other people that were dissapointed in this book, I found it extremely entertaining. I was very happy that Grace and Tony didn't fall in love within the first few chapters. I was really surprised at the ending, where the other books of Ms. Robards were VERY predictable. I really enjoyed seeing the relationship with Grace and Jessica as well as Tony and Jessica. I would definitley recommend this book to a friend!

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Summary: Nice mix of mystical presence with modern crisis.
Review: Very good story. Nice merger of angelic oversight (Tony's deceased child) with his current assignment (protecting Grace and her daughter). For info, page 288 contains a one-time mention of someone named Mrs. Whiting who the reader must assume is the same person as Tony's neighbor Mrs. Cruther!

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Summary: Such Real Characters
Review: Wonderful book!! Judge Grace Hart is the single mom to Jessica, who--like most teens--thinks she is invincible and also thinks her mothers rules are ridiculous. Grace is a little bit over protective but with the career she has, she sees a lot of young people in court that didn't make the right decisions. When Jessica is brought home by a police officer, Tony, the beginning of "teen-wars" begins. Then all of a sudden there is evidence of someone getting into the judge's house a few times and then seems to be targeting Jessica's bedroom. The action keeps getting more intense with Tony and the police dept. helping. There' romance and a lot of suspense. This is an excellent story and will keep you reading because it's got such an easy flow to the story and there's no guessing to how the story ends. I highly reccommend reading this book. The People are very real and it's so easy to get right into the plot. EXCELLENT!!!!!!

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Summary: Really liked this
Review: Ya know, I'm the perfect mystery reader: the author leaves all kinds of wonderful, EASY clues throughout the book and I NEVER put them together till the end, when she puts the puzzle together for me. Duh. Oh well, this book was still very exciting and a real page turner. AND the romance was very good. Add Tony Marino to the long list of tall, dark, gorgeous CARING heroes who "grace" the pages of romance novels. I fell for him and how he took care of "his girls". Grace was a bit of a hard sell but Tony was super!! This book was great!! Give it a try!